Aloha kākou! ʻO Nicole koʻu inoa a ʻo wau ka meaʻai meaʻai i kēia manawa ma ka Galveston County Food Bank. Ma mua o koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana i kaʻu hoʻololi ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, ua manaʻo wau he mau papa hoʻonaʻauao meaʻai wale nō kā mākou i hana ai ma ka ʻoihana meaʻai. Ua hana au i kekahi mau hana aʻu i manaʻo ai e komo ana no nā papa kula haʻahaʻa a he papahana maikaʻi ia naʻu e hana ai! Manaʻo wau he mea weliweli ke aʻo ʻana mākou i nā papa kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā pule, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea hiki iaʻu ke ʻike maoli iaʻu e hana nei i ka wā lōʻihi.


Ma hope o kekahi mau lā o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, ua ʻike au he ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana o ka ʻoihana meaʻai ma ka waihona meaʻai ma mua o kēlā. He mau papahana kupaianaha ʻē aʻe ka waihona meaʻai a lākou i hana ai a loaʻa kālā no nā makahiki i hala. ʻO kekahi o lākou ka papahana Healthy Pantries, kahi i hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka manawa e aʻo ai a mākaʻikaʻi i nā hale waihona meaʻai a puni ia wahi. He hana maikaʻi loa ka limahana i mālama ʻia, ʻo Karee, i ka hana pū ʻana me nā hale waihona puke e noʻonoʻo ai i ka mea a lākou e makemake ai e kōkua ai a pehea e hiki ai i nā pantries ke kōkua kekahi i kekahi. No ka laʻana, ua paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hua.


No ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia pilikia, ua nānā mākou i kekahi o nā koho: ke noi ʻana i nā hale ʻaina no nā mea i koe, ke kākau inoa ʻana no kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Ample Harvest kahi e hiki ai i ka mahiʻai kūloko ke hāʻawi i nā mea i koe i nā hale lole (he hui waiwai ʻole kupaianaha), a pēlā aku. E Karee, ua nui ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kēlā me kēia hale lole i nā mahina i hala iho nei! Ua hoʻokō pū ka panakō meaʻai i ka papahana Senior Hunger e hoʻouna ana i ka ʻike hoʻonaʻauao meaʻai a me nā pahu meaʻai kūikawā i ka poʻe ʻelemakule.


Ua hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu ka manawa e hana ai i ʻelua mau pepa lima no kēia papahana, a ua ʻae kēia iaʻu e hoʻohana i kaʻu mau mākau noiʻi i ka wā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana i ka noʻonoʻo. He mau papahana leʻaleʻa nō hoʻi ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai a pono wau e noʻonoʻo me nā mea ʻai i kaupalena ʻia iaʻu. No ka laʻana, hoʻohana kekahi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā koena Thanksgiving ma ke ʻano he meaʻai, aʻo kekahi e koi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana paʻa paʻa.


I koʻu wā ma ʻaneʻi, ua ʻike maoli au i nā limahana. He puʻuwai nui ka poʻe aʻu i kamaʻilio ai no ka poʻe nele i ka meaʻai a ʻike wau ua hāʻawi nui lākou i ka manawa a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā papahana a lākou e hana nei. ʻO ka manawa o kaʻu kumu aʻoaʻo e hana ana ma ʻaneʻi ua lawe mai i kahi hopena nui i ka ʻoihana meaʻai ma ka waihona meaʻai; ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i nā papahana hou a me nā loli i lawe mai i ka ʻike meaʻai i ke kaiāulu. Mahalo wau i koʻu ʻike ʻana i kēia hoʻololi ʻana a ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo e hoʻomau ka hana nui o ka waihona meaʻai i ka lawelawe kaiāulu!




He hana kēia aʻu i hana ai no nā keiki kula haʻahaʻa! I kēlā pule, e aʻo ana mākou i ke ʻano o nā māla kaiaulu a me ka ulu ʻana o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. Ua ʻae kēia haʻawina i nā keiki e hoʻāʻo iā lākou iho i kahi e ulu ai nā hua: hiki ke lawe ʻia nā huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai a hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia no ka mea ua hoʻopili ʻia me ka mea hoʻopili Velcro.